EP 03 Parent and Teacher Guide
Episode 3 — Tippy and Lobo Go to the Farmer’s Market
A flexible parent and teacher guide for Episode 3, with conversation prompts about seeds, food, farmers, community, and curiosity.
At a glance
| Suggested audience | Preschool through early elementary; adapt as needed |
| Time | 6–8 minute story; 10–30 minute follow-up |
| Focus | Seeds and plants, where food comes from, farmers, neighbors, community, and curiosity |
| Materials | Story video or transcript, paper, crayons or pencils; optional food or plant pictures |
This is a free, flexible conversation and play guide, not a test or required lesson plan. Use one prompt at bedtime, or build a longer classroom activity from these resources.
Before the story
- What might people buy or sell at a farmers market?
- What is the smallest seed you have seen? What might it grow into?
- How can different people or farms help one another?
During the story
Pause, if useful, to notice:
- Which foods come from Frank’s farm?
- What do Hans and Dolly explain about seeds?
- Which berries and other foods do Marie and Jacques share?
- How do the different stands make one friendly market?
After the story
Remember
- Who travels with Tippy and Lobo to the market?
- What foods are at Frank’s stand?
- What do tiny seeds need as they begin to grow?
- Who invites the friends to visit a berry farm?
Think and connect
- Why might a market have foods from several farms?
- How are a seed and a full-grown plant different?
- What does it mean to say that a market is a community?
- What can neighbors share with one another?
Imagine
- Draw a farmers market stand. What would you grow, bake, or make?
- Make a picture showing a seed growing into a plant. Add soil, water, light, and time.
- Pretend to welcome a new neighbor to your community. What could you show them?
Word-in-context discussion
| Word | Ask |
|---|---|
| market | What happens at a farmers market? |
| seed | How can a tiny seed become a plant? |
| soil | Where do seeds begin to grow? |
| neighbor | Who were the farmers’ neighbors at the market? |
| community | How did the people at the market help make a community? |
Children can answer by speaking, pointing, drawing, acting out a moment, or dictating an answer to an adult.
Adaptations
- Use the transcript or read the story aloud without the video.
- Invite children to respond in their home language and provide adult scribing.
- Replace writing with picture matching, movement, or oral storytelling.
- If discussing real farming or food production, use local, age-appropriate sources because farms and practices can vary.